Having intelligence and security services, having them overseen by parliamentary committee, having their work examined by intelligence commissioners and insure they act under proper legal basis. I take those responsibilities very, very seriously but i believe we have a good system in this country and we can be proud of people that work in it and proud of the people that oversee it. David anderson. Mr. Speaker, we mentioned the Energy Companies have been outsourced to china, french, lights may go out, pensions will freeze this year and we have big six. Does the Prime Minister have any regrets by former tory movement and defamation of the in the world . What i would say, to the honorable gentleman in terms of Energy Security that he back ad government that in 13 years never built a single Nuclear Power station. Oh they talked about it, boy, did they talk about, but they never actually got it done. In terms of chinese and french investment, i think we should welcome Foreign Investment into our country, building these important utilities so we can use our fire power for the schools and the hospitals and roads and railways we need. Andrew percy. There are, in my constituency, sure to be over 100 Wind Turbines and 30 or 40 in the planning system. These turbines are paid for by my constituents but not restricteded to concreting jobsn my constituency. Can he assure changeses to green subsidies, that the jobs in that sector of energy are actually here in the United Kingdom . Well, i know how hard my honorable friend has worked with other mps on a crossparty basis across the region to try to attract investment into our country and we should continue to target that investment. Will the Prime Minister join me paying tribute to the positive role played by trade unions in the work of the Automotive Council which has brought the renaissance in the u. K. Car industry . I think the Automotive Council has been extremely successful. Where trade unions play a positive role i will be the first to praise them but where, where, frankly, where frankly we have a real problem with a rogue trade union that who nearly brought the petrochemical industry to its knees we need to have a proper inquiry, a labour inquiry of if they had any courage, any vision, any strength of decisionmaking they recognize they need to have the and again on sunday night at 9 p. M. Eastern and pacific on c span. You can find video of past programs. Nd other next, remarks by iraqi prime ki. Ister al malik he been a hearing with the veterans administration. One of the tenants that is incredibly important is the universal service, allthat is the idea that americans should have access to health services. As we have gone from being Telephone Service to a broadband world to an ip world, how do we ensure they have access to those services . Focusas been the egg talking about how important it of been to maintain tenants universal service, and what that have services. To making the jump to fiber six fiber optics in rule america. Thursday iraqi Prime MinisterNouri Almaliki talked about the transition at the institute of these. Some say the Prime Minister is not doing enough to stop the kerry and violence. The malik he to stop terry and violence. Sectarian violence. An hour. Ust over ladies, the Prime Minister of iraq. Please be seated. We apologize for the slight delay. It is secretary hagels fall. Fault. For those of you who do not know, the institute, putting it simply, stops fights around the world, and doing so in partnership with governmental and nongovernmental organizations, domestic and foreign. We work closely with the state department, usaid, defense department, with the government of iraq, and many others in order to prevent and resolve violent conflicts. I would like to recognize some of the folks here today. Of course, Prime Minister maliki, thank you for returning to the institute. We have the minister of foreign affairs, the minister of defense, the National Security advisor, and both members of the council of representatives. The ambassador to the United States, the chief staff to the Prime Minister, the chief media adviser in the office of the Prime Minister, head of counterterrorism bureau, deputy chief of mission for the embassy of iraq, and the military general who is the attach . For the embassy of iraq. Also joining us today, former secretary of state and the first woman secretary of state for the United States, madeleine albright. I am listing her as part of the usip team, which includes steve hadley, george moose, jeremy rabkin, dr. Kristin lord, our executive Vice President. I would like to recognize a couple of special state department guest, ambassador jones, the assistant secretary of state for near east affairs, the u. S. Ambassador to iraq, and the Deputy Assistant secretary of state for iraqi and iran. If you would come forward, i would like to recognize bill taylor who is our Vice President for the middle east and africa and leads our efforts in support of iraqs success and is a great asset to the institute, to the United States, to the world. She has done a perfect amount of work where iraq is concerned. She has published a book, and she is an important part of the institute and has led for years our work. She was big about the u. S. Institutes work in iraq. Thank you for such a warm introduction. I would like to welcome his excellency Prime Minister maliki, his accompanying delegation, and our guests. Usip has been working in iraq since 2003. We have shared its high moments as well as its difficult ones. We worked hard with our partners in government and Civil Society to overcome the violence in 2006 and 2007. Usip takes pride in that we have maintained an office in baghdad during the difficult days. Our purpose is to strengthen capacity to prevent and resolve conflicts. We work with partners to develop the tools and the institutions necessary to resolve disputes. We have been doing so by working with facilitators and mediators, supporting dialogue, working with youth, women, and minorities as well as working with immediate to prevent incitement to violence, and a crucial summit of working with religious and tribal leaders. Our partnership in relationship to the government of iraq has grown stronger over the years. We engage with the executive branch and the council of representatives, the judiciary, the regional and local governments, as well as a vast number of Civil Society organizations. We have many joint Success Stories to point to, such as a local group we have supported. Some of them are provincial leaders and other organizations critical to advancing the transition toward peace and stability. We have mitigated disputes across iraq. We also put a foundation of civic education, human rights, and religious moderation for the institutions of education. Usip and its partners are proud of the progress we have made. We also recognize a lot remains to be done in iraq, and we see from the unfortunate tragic violence that has still cost many lives the road ahead will not be easy. Your excellency, we assure you and the iraqi people that as iraq prepare for the 2014 elections and faces challenges to a secure Better Future for the people, iraq and kept on the support of the u. S. Institute for peace for a partner on all levels, starting with the community, two local councils, to international dialogue. Thank you. I would like to ask the ambassador to come forward. The format today will be an introduction it will be an introduction of the Prime Minister by the ambassador, and then the Prime Minister will speak and then sit and take questions. The audience already knows this. If you have questions, perhaps you have already written them out, we will not have time for a great number of questions, and hopefully the Prime Minister will find questions interesting, hopefully not too provocative, and with that let me turn it over. Mr. Prime minister, welcome to the delegation. Some of my longtime associates are especially welcome. It is wonderful to be here with secretary albright. It is wonderful to be here at usip. I want to thank them for the great work that they have been involved with since last year, and the work that usip has done for so long in iraq. Im delighted to introduce Nouri Almaliki, the Prime Minister of iraq. He also strives to find solutions that will provide greater opportunity and stability for the iraqi people. The Prime Minister will meet with obama and Vice President biden tomorrow to further strengthen ties. They will discuss how we can confront these challenges and discuss ways to enhance our two countries under the strategic Framework Agreement. This is an important time for u. S. Iraqi relations. We must never forget the thousands of americans and many more iraqis who lost their lives in the struggle for a new, free iraq. Iraq has moved on many issues, and its future looks bright. It is blessed with natural resources. It has improved relations with its neighbors, particularly kuwait, and its deepening ties with jordan and turkey. As iraq has worked to agree integrate itself into the region, you have seen 17 arab countries open embassies in baghdad. We have seen increased opportunity for american business. Major corporations are now invested in iraqi. In may of this year the United States and iraq signed an agreement that paves the ground for future generations of iraqi leaders. Thousands of iraqi students and scholarships come to the United States to research and study in a writing appeals, and every year this number increases. Iraq still faces challenges. We share their deep concern over the increasing number of terrorist attacks that have claimed over 6000 innocent victims this year. This includes the deplorable, heartbreaking attacks on schools, religious sites, marketplaces, weddings, and funerals. Most of these attacks have been conducted by an al qaeda affiliate. This affiliate has a base of operations in syria. Its leader is subject to Un Security Council sanctions and is a specially designated terrorist. We continue to discuss security with Iraqi Government, although this is only one aspect of our cooperation. Political and economic tools must also be used to drain the recruiting pool of all extremist roots. We welcome the commitment to Holding Elections on april 30, 2014. We call on all political blocs to finalize the law to govern those elections as soon as possible. The Framework Agreement gives the United States a unique role in fostering a iraqs democratic development. We will work with leaders to ensure that all requirements are in place. It will have a committed partner in the United States. In relationship is rooted mutual respect. I think you for this opportunity, and i asked that you will please help me welcome Prime Minister malik he. Maliki. [applause] in the name of god, may the blessing of god be upon you. I want to express my gratitude and esteemed to former congressman mr. Jim marshall for his speech. I also want to give my thanks to ambassador beth jones for her warm words, and i want to extend to the u. S. Ip my greetings and gratitude for their words. Because of the development of the mechanism and the new techniques used by terrorists who undermine interests and institutions in all countries. We are here in a strategic important institute. I want to thank you for allowing me to be here. I want to discuss the relationship between iraq and the United States. We cooperated with our partners, and fight terrorist. This allows us to win over terrorist in iraq. All of the people of iraq were victims of the terrorist attacks led by al qaeda and the remnants of the regime in iraq. We are starting a new round of reconstruction after defeating al qaeda, who at some point stop stopped explosive in our resources. At some point, life came back to iraq. The economy started recovering. The construction developed. The security and economic level, and the political level, despite a diss balance we witnessed. We were able to defeat al qaeda, and this brought life and union back to the rack. Why do we see what we are seeing today . Why did we see the massacres . A genocide of iraqis. Some believe that one component is fighting another component. This is not true. All of the iraqi people, the sunnis and shiites, are all killed. It is relating to the morale of al qaeda, who work to reach the goal by shedding the blood of iraqis and spreading terror. The cooperation between our forces in the United States of america, why is terrorism back in the region . What are the main reasons why terrorism isnt moving in iraq . It is a vision of the reality been impacted by the region. After the arab spring, which we support because they targeted dictatorships, no single regime can remain Acceptable Loss governing in such a wrong way for so many years. Hence the revolutions, necessary to rebuild these countries and the people and societies on a sound basis, because they were misgoverned for many years. Regretfully, they were able to get rid of the dictatorships, but not able to fill the void in the right way. A vacuum was created and al qaeda and others were able to exploit it and gain ground. They benefited from the fall of the state structure. Now, we are seeing the region that allows terrorism to the back. It benefited some of the vacuum. You know perfectly well it is happening in libya and tunisia, and lebanon, and other countries that may have the same problem that all the countries are facing. Al qaeda is clearly far by all countries and societies. We want an International War against terror. If we had tools to wage war, we would have a war against those who are killing people, calling for bloodshed, for ignorance, and do not want logic to govern our daily lives. We are calling all countries to international conferences, and by counterterrorism, i dont mean fighting terrorism only in iraq. Terrorism is worldwide. Terrorism is not anymore a local production. But it international production. This is why we want [indiscernible] it is coming back because of the political situation. We have two political tracks. The political track and the regime in charge of some countries of the region. If we do not have political regimes based on freedom, on democracy, regimes to listen to the will of the people, and to go back to the constitution, iraq at some point in not have a constitution but a single leader who spoke for the constitution. Now we have a constitution and a constitutional democratic institution. We have separation of powers. And independent executive power. Independent do just repower. And other independent powers, such as High Commission from elections. We do not knock Democratic Institutions. But democratic exercise needs maturity and learning, and training. We have to en route the legacy of the corrupted regime is used. We need ongoing training and development. Thank god we were able to have five rounds of elections. The last one a few days ago in order to listen to the will of the people. This is how local government and the federal governments were formed. The next element [indiscernible] we will not be postponing the elections. They will be held according to the legislations. We are facing terror. This is costing us money, effort, and lives. We are building Democratic Institutions and infrastructure, developing services. Had we not faced terror, we would have moved forward more than we did in building the iraqi states. Nonetheless, we moved forward. Iraq is one of the main countries in developing and rebuilding exports and so on. Without terrorism, we leap forward in providing to our people. The situation in the middle east has given a new chance for terrorists, who came back to rack on the situation started in syria. Terrorist organizations found another chance to develop, to be armed. The terrorists found a second fence. We support the Syrian People and what it wants, what it aims for. A democratic regime based on the will of the people. We do not want the Syrian People to lose freedom, democracy. We are warning, and we are fearing, and we are worrying of the potential success of terrorist organizations in syria. If they win, we in the world should do everything to prevent this. In any country, in libya or other countries. All of our efforts should aim at preventing the success of al qaeda and other organizations because they would have a platform, a safe haven, and environment, and more capabilities. It will be harder for them to ix the problems that they will be causing. Facing terror is not only about military force. Of coarse, military force is important. Security forces are at the forefront of this. The developing of capabilities. Destroying all this is necessary, but not enough. We need a